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president obama has the convention. neil: a historical reminder that we live in a moment after the convention. jimmy carter could say that. >> they didn't give governor romney a day to commit his balance. neil: we shall see. sir, it is always a pleasure. and i think you. neil: i have no problem. ford did not get a dime from taxpayers. it is growing fast. the gm rescue, well, it looks like that needs a rescue for a certain cost. still pumping out the bailout to the dnc and bloating up. they are celebrating and we are helping. in chicago teachers are wanting to fill their wallets. your kids are in the way. are they breaking the law i know the name of eight princesses. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matte
president obama has the convention. neil: a historical reminder that we live in a moment after the convention. jimmy carter could say that. >> they didn't give governor romney a day to commit his balance. neil: we shall see. sir, it is always a pleasure. and i think you. neil: i have no problem. ford did not get a dime from taxpayers. it is growing fast. the gm rescue, well, it looks like that needs a rescue for a certain cost. still pumping out the bailout to the dnc and bloating up....
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obama's as we pile more stuff on the top. incidence a week tried to give more money and let's give it to the parents. john: then the schools would compete. >> it should be a choice and get rid of the department of education. [applause] john: just cut the bureaucracy. >> it is a local responsibility. >> >> the longest war will be over but yet to the have taken out the soldiers but 60,000 people in an embassy still? 68,000 troops. >> he said we would be out 2014. just like iraq levying on a plan for adduced under george tobe booed at -- under bush and leon panetta was asking to stay there passed the 2011 deadline. this president has not earned his nobel peace prize [applause] john: my audience watched much of the convention. hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can hel
obama's as we pile more stuff on the top. incidence a week tried to give more money and let's give it to the parents. john: then the schools would compete. >> it should be a choice and get rid of the department of education. [applause] john: just cut the bureaucracy. >> it is a local responsibility. >> >> the longest war will be over but yet to the have taken out the soldiers but 60,000 people in an embassy still? 68,000 troops. >> he said we would be out 2014....
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>> time for some drama, obama. welcome, everybody, i am neil cavuto. is it me or the faith of our brute killing of our ambassador, are we being too diplomatic, too much for these murderers? forget about a fictitious film, does it remotely warrant this response? u.s. ambassador dead. three other americans senselessly slaughtered. throughout the middle east, burning flags are visiting the usa. and here's the killer, literally, we have been supporting these killings. working over at least a billion dollars to help liberate libyans from a dictator and promising billions more to egyptians. after we remembered 9/11, what the hell is going on 9-12? mobs that still condemn us, no o government protecting us and the american personnel who represent us. wanting to be butchered, quite another to pay for the privilege. they never will you did you cannot buy their love, but don't want to be putting a deposit on their hatred. get out. find somebody else to give you tens of billions of dollars to advance something we thought was a society. if the chinese help you or t
>> time for some drama, obama. welcome, everybody, i am neil cavuto. is it me or the faith of our brute killing of our ambassador, are we being too diplomatic, too much for these murderers? forget about a fictitious film, does it remotely warrant this response? u.s. ambassador dead. three other americans senselessly slaughtered. throughout the middle east, burning flags are visiting the usa. and here's the killer, literally, we have been supporting these killings. working over at least a...
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obama, president obama going to go for the difference? he is not cuts the budget. he has to go to middle class. neil: and raise taxes. >> got to raise taxes on middle class, you are right. neil: do you think he knows that if he is reelected he approaches that? >> he really knows it, whether or not he wants to handle it or thinks he can kick the can down the road for 4 more years, i can not speak for him. but his millionaires and billionaire stuff, to me, this is a red herring, a diversion to keep spotlight off his miserably failed economic policies, the hallmark of any good business of any good manager is the ability to project your, managers who cannot project, are shown the door. looking at obamay record, projections in 2008, and 20009, by his own administration, 3 to 5 million jobs in green energy, all types of projects, local his record, if any manager in private sector had made similar projections and were so far off the way he is, they would have been shown the door. neil: a very good point. a couple blocks away. secretary of state, herself was weighing in on
obama, president obama going to go for the difference? he is not cuts the budget. he has to go to middle class. neil: and raise taxes. >> got to raise taxes on middle class, you are right. neil: do you think he knows that if he is reelected he approaches that? >> he really knows it, whether or not he wants to handle it or thinks he can kick the can down the road for 4 more years, i can not speak for him. but his millionaires and billionaire stuff, to me, this is a red herring, a...
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of course, she supports obama. is that illegal? the "wall street journal" reports the biggest union givers is the air-traffic controllers. why? they start to give more money after obama gave him a contract with pay increases. more than other government workers. it is a coincidence i'm sure. they say they support the president because the administration and strong commitment to their safety. mitt romney must not the. bribery? it seems wrong unions paid to elect politicians who pay them back with your money. why isn't that a scammed? it is legal. crazy. legal. at that union demonstration that union built the middle-class. they gave the workers the eight-hour day, at time off, higher pay. >> do like the five day work week? the weekend? they built the country. eight-hour day came from the 1930's. >> 1914 henry ford doubled wages and to compete gm and chrysler followed suit. 30 years before the uaw insisted. >> because they wanted to compete. >> we would still have the t's 30. >> she is wrong. workers' lives have them plantation proved
of course, she supports obama. is that illegal? the "wall street journal" reports the biggest union givers is the air-traffic controllers. why? they start to give more money after obama gave him a contract with pay increases. more than other government workers. it is a coincidence i'm sure. they say they support the president because the administration and strong commitment to their safety. mitt romney must not the. bribery? it seems wrong unions paid to elect politicians who pay them...
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that is what president obama is a 48%. the promise of 45%. is that a narrow gap? >> a very, very narrow gap. all the national polling has this reason and one of two points, all within the margin of error, and what's fascinating about the economy, one of the economic figures, the present always tries to tune up the topic. the state unemployment figures cannot two weeks ago. the president sent a letter to the romney campaign over tax return. they want to change the subject to anything else other than the economy because benefit talking about the economy dollars. >> i didn't hear republicans talking about the economy that much. i heard them talking about president obama, but did hear them talking about the economy. they don't really have a plan. i expect a guy that went to harvard and has 3 degrees to understand the difference between plans and goals. >> this is just a few feet. a 59. plan. but you want? the serious. cheryl: i want to play. often than last night. i want you to up listen to the president last night. he basically ask for more time. >> i won't pretend t
that is what president obama is a 48%. the promise of 45%. is that a narrow gap? >> a very, very narrow gap. all the national polling has this reason and one of two points, all within the margin of error, and what's fascinating about the economy, one of the economic figures, the present always tries to tune up the topic. the state unemployment figures cannot two weeks ago. the president sent a letter to the romney campaign over tax return. they want to change the subject to anything else...
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frankly, president obama has been luke warm on it as well. if it got to his desk i think he would sign it. >> i wish gentlemen, we had more time. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next do the math. we'll tell you why mitt needs to go for broke at next week's denver debate. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. mom always got good nutrition to taste great. she was a picky eater. well, now i'm her dietitian, and last year, she wasn't eating so well. so i recommended boost complete nutritional drink to help her get the nutrition she was missing. and now she drinks it every day.
frankly, president obama has been luke warm on it as well. if it got to his desk i think he would sign it. >> i wish gentlemen, we had more time. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next do the math. we'll tell you why mitt needs to go for broke at next week's denver debate. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than...
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and that was parts of the plan that obama referred to today. neil: but, switch it around, you hear -- no, wait, you hear this, and i am hearing no progress that is what i'm hearing issue more of the same. >> at the expense of offending your other guest, i think this is nonsense, if you tax the rich and took all their money away it would be, it -- it would care the government for a000 red -- hundred days, i am told to pay my fair share, i'm willing to pay my fair share, no one has told me. neil: 39.6%. >> we had a proposal which it was go back to clinton era rates, represented a 4.6 percentage point increase, that is 13% on people who pay earn a million a year or more. white house had a variation on that, the so-called buffett rule, a 30%. neil: people disagree with that. if rich guys like jay, disagree with that, and say, look, you already taking enough from me, you are not solving underlying spinning problems, and not getting another penny out of me, does that make them unpatriotic? >> no, that is not what he was referring, to patriotism is a
and that was parts of the plan that obama referred to today. neil: but, switch it around, you hear -- no, wait, you hear this, and i am hearing no progress that is what i'm hearing issue more of the same. >> at the expense of offending your other guest, i think this is nonsense, if you tax the rich and took all their money away it would be, it -- it would care the government for a000 red -- hundred days, i am told to pay my fair share, i'm willing to pay my fair share, no one has told me....
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he hates republicans republicans, president obama we have that next. the president's confusing lack of transparency on the murder of our ambassador. comparing benghazi to watergate. author of the amateur joins us. and karl rove among our guest next week. [ female announcer ] you want family dinner to be special. dad, we want pizza. you guys said tacos. [ female announcer ] it doesn't always work out that way. you know what? we're spending too much money on eating out anyway. honey, come look at this. [ female announcer ] my money map from wells fargo is a free online tool that helps you track your spending. so instead of having to deal with a tight budget, you could have a tighter family. ♪ wells fargo. together we'll go far. and what they said is amazing. review 5-hour energy wells fargo. over 73 percent who reviewed 5-hour energy said they would recommend a low calorie energy supplement to their healthy patients who use energy supplements. seventy-three percent. 5-hour energy has four calories and it's used over nine million times a week. is 5-hour
he hates republicans republicans, president obama we have that next. the president's confusing lack of transparency on the murder of our ambassador. comparing benghazi to watergate. author of the amateur joins us. and karl rove among our guest next week. [ female announcer ] you want family dinner to be special. dad, we want pizza. you guys said tacos. [ female announcer ] it doesn't always work out that way. you know what? we're spending too much money on eating out anyway. honey, come look at...
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the obama campaign has supporters pledging allegiance to president obama. the governor of texas is responding with a pledge of is on. you don't want to miss it. coming up next, week economist joins us. committee member, former reagan economist. we are coming right back. ally bank. why they're always there to talk. i love you, james. don't you love me? i'm a robot. i know. i know you're a robot! but there's more in you than just circuits and wires! uhhh. (cries) a machine can't give you what a person can. that's why ally has knowledgeable people there for you, night and day. ally bank. your money needs an ally. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have
the obama campaign has supporters pledging allegiance to president obama. the governor of texas is responding with a pledge of is on. you don't want to miss it. coming up next, week economist joins us. committee member, former reagan economist. we are coming right back. ally bank. why they're always there to talk. i love you, james. don't you love me? i'm a robot. i know. i know you're a robot! but there's more in you than just circuits and wires! uhhh. (cries) a machine can't give you what a...
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and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that kicked off the campaign bickering. romney saying it's disgraceful that obama's administration's first response was not to condemn the attack but to sympathize with those that waged attacks. >> hillary clinton expressing our profound sadness over the deaths of the americans, including ambassador stevens. >> today many americans are asking, indeed, i asked myself, how could this happen? how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we helped save from destruction? >>> the protests sparked by outrage over a film made by an israeli filmmaker in california, and the film sparking outrage in neig
and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that...
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president obama not condemning the libyan government. >> today we mourn for more americans that represent the best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> this is on the heels of romney's slamming the president's response which became a fierce back and forth between the two campaigns. and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the obama administration. >> the first response of the united states must be outrage of the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for american values is never the right course. as i watched over the passed 3 1/2 years, the president has had some successes and failures, and it's a hit or miss approach, but not based upon sound foreign policy. >> here is the statement released just before midnight that kicked off the campaign bickering. romney saying it's disgraceful that obama's administration's first response was not to condemn the attack but to sympathize with those that waged attacks. >> hillary clin
president obama not condemning the libyan government. >> today we mourn for more americans that represent the best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake, justice will be done. >> this is on the heels of romney's slamming the president's response which became a fierce back and forth between the two campaigns. and mitt romney appeared in florida, launching a preemptive attack on the...
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do you feel that ben bernanke is working for the reelection of barack obama? >> it is hard for me to say. i don't know that i'm qualified to speak on that issue. just for the sake of easing, we will all have inflation for that. neil: among other things, ben bernanke said he looks at the market. again, simplifying this. then he eases the market, he looks at it as something to judge monetary policy. >> i don't know if that's such a good idea. >> these things tend to be short-lived. i think it will have very little effect on the economy whatsoever. neil: john king, thank you. well, the man who took a giant leap for mankind. why are some taking a giant leap backwards? what john kennedy said almost four decades ago, that he wanted to land a man on the moon. do we need something like that to reinvigorate the state's program? is it necessary? what do you think? >> it does take leadership. it is no doubt that things don't happen, this doesn't happen without leadership and the support of the public in general. are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet? [ mal
do you feel that ben bernanke is working for the reelection of barack obama? >> it is hard for me to say. i don't know that i'm qualified to speak on that issue. just for the sake of easing, we will all have inflation for that. neil: among other things, ben bernanke said he looks at the market. again, simplifying this. then he eases the market, he looks at it as something to judge monetary policy. >> i don't know if that's such a good idea. >> these things tend to be...
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. >> reporter: have you spoken to president obama about the fiscal situation in italy? >> yes, yes. about -- i want to say i met with the president several times. either bilaterally or other gatherings like the g-8, the g-20, and i have discussed with him the reforms in italy and also even much more. i would say what we have all been doing in the european context to tackle the eurozone crisis and it has been always very interesting and inspiring. also, he likes to follow these issues very closely also with telephone calls. he likes to be kept up to date. of course, i also like to be kept up to date about the progress on tackling fiscal imbalances in the u.s. >> reporter: because we're all dealing with the same issue, aren't we? do you think america is in decline, this is the new speculation, given the weakened position of our weakened economy in the u.s. >> i cannot really believe that such a country can be in decline. but it also has huge responsibilities in keeping the global economy in good order. therefore, the topic of fiscal balances is not dealing from this. >> reporter: do y
. >> reporter: have you spoken to president obama about the fiscal situation in italy? >> yes, yes. about -- i want to say i met with the president several times. either bilaterally or other gatherings like the g-8, the g-20, and i have discussed with him the reforms in italy and also even much more. i would say what we have all been doing in the european context to tackle the eurozone crisis and it has been always very interesting and inspiring. also, he likes to follow these...
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it asks the question, if obama wins a second term where will we be in 2016? this film is not getting much attention from the mainstream media. the director had this to say what he believed is the biased press. if mitt romney had a half-brother living in a slum i would be on topic on msnbc, cbs news and all the sunday talk shows but this fact is not reported by those outlets. they pretend it doesn't exist. it's immensely interesting that 50 times quoted the bible -- >> jon: he is referring to president obama's half-brother that is living in squalor in africa. >> it's very interesting how the media has tried to ignore this. because such enormous success at box office they haven't been able to ignore it for long. the box office receipts are pretty good. hollywood is absolutely, i think they have no idea what to make of this film but it's interesting when you have a political documentary saying something or michael moore, "nightline" did some stories and some of the other movies they called him an american populist in the grand tradition. when they were covering
it asks the question, if obama wins a second term where will we be in 2016? this film is not getting much attention from the mainstream media. the director had this to say what he believed is the biased press. if mitt romney had a half-brother living in a slum i would be on topic on msnbc, cbs news and all the sunday talk shows but this fact is not reported by those outlets. they pretend it doesn't exist. it's immensely interesting that 50 times quoted the bible -- >> jon: he is referring...
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all of these demonstrations of violence and assassinations are not about the obama doctrine, obama policies, or america. what in the world, what is going on here? >> to "the rev. jeremiah right, the chickens are coming home to roost for barack obama. this is a president to win out there to the middle east, apologized for our history there, tried to appease them, showed a lack of strength and resolve in terms of american foreign policy and is reaping the world right now. it was -- lou: it was such a sad and solemn ceremony today. andrews air force base. for americans bodies were returned to this country. but all i kid think at the outset of that ceremony is the president the secretary of state , the president to decided, as this tragic event unfolded to not change his schedule, go out to las vegas and campaign rather than stand his post. but in your mind could be going on here? >> i think every calculation in the white house today, even the death of an ambassador is strained through the campaign in chicago, how did we play this in order to dougie it an advantage over the public -- republican
all of these demonstrations of violence and assassinations are not about the obama doctrine, obama policies, or america. what in the world, what is going on here? >> to "the rev. jeremiah right, the chickens are coming home to roost for barack obama. this is a president to win out there to the middle east, apologized for our history there, tried to appease them, showed a lack of strength and resolve in terms of american foreign policy and is reaping the world right now. it was --...
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you know, they wanted to make this a referendum on barack obama. it has become a referendum on mitt romney and pl ryan. and because of that -- >> yes, sir. but in your ate, m romn ha'teeel mby local republicans, for example, governor ca governor kassic. and i want to play you a batch of back tape. take a listen. >> i hope you all know that om8 in job creation to number four. number one in the midwest. we have grown 123,000 jobs in the state of ohio. our families are going back to work. >> my heart aes f people. income's going down. every year going down, down, down. these are tough times, even for families with jobs. >> governor, it's tough, isn't it, because kasich wants toalk abt tco uptick only for romney to come in and say the state is cratering. >> romney was talking about ohio under governortaft. the recovery hadlready started because of the recovery act and to iusof thealonth and president obama doesn't credit for what's happening in ohio. but you're right, they have contradictory messages. and mt romney's coming here to ohio and trying to s
you know, they wanted to make this a referendum on barack obama. it has become a referendum on mitt romney and pl ryan. and because of that -- >> yes, sir. but in your ate, m romn ha'teeel mby local republicans, for example, governor ca governor kassic. and i want to play you a batch of back tape. take a listen. >> i hope you all know that om8 in job creation to number four. number one in the midwest. we have grown 123,000 jobs in the state of ohio. our families are going back to...
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he has to be tough as president obama is against him, personally, he has to say, president obama succeeded in setting ground work for a fundamental change of america, in which our old standards of free market changed. neil: high did. -- he did everything he set out to do that is what worried me. >> he has to say, he is an ideal log who tried and succeeded to lay foundation for something he would complete in the second term, we've seen that foundation in first term, obamacare is just part of it. using federal regulatory apparatus that has never been done before, with what he could not get through congress. >> does it linger and hurt? >> it could, if he gives president obama a free ride, playing into that nice guy thing, which is part of president obama's campaign, he is just a nice guy. they play on his likability numbers, if mitt has guts to attack that head osaying he is aned -- ideal log, plans his seeds in u.s. fundamentally changing the character of the united states not only internally but also in regards to our allies abroad. neil: don't you think that president reagan a debate with
he has to be tough as president obama is against him, personally, he has to say, president obama succeeded in setting ground work for a fundamental change of america, in which our old standards of free market changed. neil: high did. -- he did everything he set out to do that is what worried me. >> he has to say, he is an ideal log who tried and succeeded to lay foundation for something he would complete in the second term, we've seen that foundation in first term, obamacare is just part...
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the obama people were telling me that. that is the measuring point they are using, and not the traditional, you're better off now than you were four years ago because there's nuances to it. are there nuances to this? >> there are nuances to it. you know, the other statistic that people don't talk about, a lot of people have left the work force. they've given up. they've walked away. our unemployment numbers are actually worse than they appear because people who no longer are looking for work are not counted in the numbers. we have a phenomenal number of people underemployed today, and that is all a function of the policies that president obama has put in place, and so he has not offered solutions to the real problems, and, look, he inherited a mess. president bush when clinton inherited a recession. president bush solved it by having tax cuts for everybody. he got bipartisan support, put in place good policies to allow us to grow from the recession so it didn't get deep e and president obama could have done that, but he ha
the obama people were telling me that. that is the measuring point they are using, and not the traditional, you're better off now than you were four years ago because there's nuances to it. are there nuances to this? >> there are nuances to it. you know, the other statistic that people don't talk about, a lot of people have left the work force. they've given up. they've walked away. our unemployment numbers are actually worse than they appear because people who no longer are looking for...
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obama should you feel that way now that he is president? [applause] there is something wrong with the job he has done with the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> it was not a personal attack where his integrity or character but his job performance. you don't feel so giddy. it is a great line. appealing to the emotional reaction to those who do remember how optimistic they were and now how disappointed they are where we are. gerri: another comment was about obama's performance with the environment. it was all laugh line but not deliver that way. >> obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. [laughter] and and he'll the planets. my promise is to help you and your family. gerri: that introduction was funny. >> key is not a stand-up comic do not stand on your laugh line. raise your voice that you are clear you are sarcastic some the people were not sure if he was serious. he had a facial expansion but you don't see that if you are in the auditorium. -- shot a tory of. you cannot
obama should you feel that way now that he is president? [applause] there is something wrong with the job he has done with the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> it was not a personal attack where his integrity or character but his job performance. you don't feel so giddy. it is a great line. appealing to the emotional reaction to those who do remember how optimistic they were and now how disappointed they are where we are. gerri:...
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president obama was more like mitt romney. i think there was more preaching to the choir in those final night addresses by romney and obama than there was anything else. you have to do that too. you have to energize the base. i'll tell you again, what strikes me is how dug in people are this year. i don't think anything is going to change very much. this will be a close competitive contest, probably all the way to the end. >> they will be fighting it out all the way to the end. >> politics and foreign policy taking center stage during the final night of the democratic national convention. after a video narrated by tom hanks which highlighted the death of osama bin laden and the strength of the american military, a grouch veterans including some retired generals took the stage as the crowd said thank you. massachusetts senator and 2004 presidential candidate john kerry took the opportunity to skewer mitt romney. >> he was against a date on withdrawal, said it was right and then threat impression it was wrong to leave too soon.
president obama was more like mitt romney. i think there was more preaching to the choir in those final night addresses by romney and obama than there was anything else. you have to do that too. you have to energize the base. i'll tell you again, what strikes me is how dug in people are this year. i don't think anything is going to change very much. this will be a close competitive contest, probably all the way to the end. >> they will be fighting it out all the way to the end. >>...
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how obama is campaigning instead of leading, next. ♪ cheryl: president obama hitting the campaign trail while iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad hits the u.s. in his united nations speech and calls for a new world order. with more on this, john pollton, fox news contributor. anything he said surprise you? >> no. it's a way for him to put iran's case on its nuclear weapons program, its support for the assad regime in syria, its support for terrorism around the world in a context that a great majority of the members of the u.n. can relate to. a few months ago iran was named president of the so-called nonalign movement, 1230 out of 190-plus u.n. members, and that's the audience he was playing to. cheryl: you know, if you look at president obama's, you know, time in new york, i mean, he's been criticized for doing talk shows, but at the same time, do you think that ahmadinejad kind of stole the thunder as he always does? i mean, we're talking about it. he's got his sound bites playing all over the newscasts across the nation. why are we still paying attention to this guy? >> this is his s
how obama is campaigning instead of leading, next. ♪ cheryl: president obama hitting the campaign trail while iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad hits the u.s. in his united nations speech and calls for a new world order. with more on this, john pollton, fox news contributor. anything he said surprise you? >> no. it's a way for him to put iran's case on its nuclear weapons program, its support for the assad regime in syria, its support for terrorism around the world in a context that a...
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this obama campaign has more than 60 campaign offices here. as far as we can tell, the romney campaign has about six. they are working more on their ground game with the internet, martin. but this is certainly a state that both candidates are hoping to hold on to, but it holds special significance for the president. >> indeed, mr. romney is now off to new hampshire, where there are also four electoral available, so this is a real battle for every single one, sint. >> reporter: tas real battle for every vote and what we're really waiting to see right now is will the president get a bounce coming off this week's convention. he gave his speech last night and then, the white house woke up to what to some extent, a disappointing jobs report. the unemployment rate ticked down, but also showed that people are exiting the worse force. the white house would push back and say some are dropping out because of retirement, leaving to have children. any way you slice it, this is not the news the white house was hoping to wake up to. they're trying to hold o
this obama campaign has more than 60 campaign offices here. as far as we can tell, the romney campaign has about six. they are working more on their ground game with the internet, martin. but this is certainly a state that both candidates are hoping to hold on to, but it holds special significance for the president. >> indeed, mr. romney is now off to new hampshire, where there are also four electoral available, so this is a real battle for every single one, sint. >> reporter: tas...
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so obama sees this as just political cover. and he gets -- he solicits opinions around the room and outside from people who aren't the important people. and a number of those people have a view that really we should be thinking about genocide as a national security issue. it may not seem like a national security issue whether we let these million people be exterminated but it creates a mood when you can prevent that from happening. these things in libya now may be much worse if we don't encourage our friends and walk the walk and not just talk the talk. obama says to them come back in two hours with an actual solution to the problem so we can consider it. they come back. >> two hours later. >> i have a dinner. i'll be back in two hours. meanwhile, he's planning the attack on osama bin laden's compound, he has a million things going on. this is a sliver of the presidency. and on his decision rests the lives of a million people. it's incredible. it shows the incredible power of the presidency. but because he reframed the decision
so obama sees this as just political cover. and he gets -- he solicits opinions around the room and outside from people who aren't the important people. and a number of those people have a view that really we should be thinking about genocide as a national security issue. it may not seem like a national security issue whether we let these million people be exterminated but it creates a mood when you can prevent that from happening. these things in libya now may be much worse if we don't...
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it's obama by 43. not obama with 43% of the -- no, obama with a 43-point margin over mr. romney on which candidate connects with ordinary people. if you want mitt romney to be elected president in november, all that polli ining data is ba news. but it is not november. and it is not like mitt romney is quitting the campaign. one foot in front of the either, right? i mean, campaigns have been down before and have come back to win. maybe they have not been down quite this far and come back to win, but stranger things have happened. and part of what determines if a campaign collapse is survivable is how the campaign handles the fact of their collapse, how they manage the crisis, how they try to turn this ship around. campaigning matters. and since mr. romney likes to market himself as a turnaround artist, as a mr. fix-it guy, an opportunity for a real story to tell here. this sure needs fixing. what a story he could tell about how he turned this campaign around, if and when he turns this campaign around. do you know want to know how he trying to turn this campaign around? by
it's obama by 43. not obama with 43% of the -- no, obama with a 43-point margin over mr. romney on which candidate connects with ordinary people. if you want mitt romney to be elected president in november, all that polli ining data is ba news. but it is not november. and it is not like mitt romney is quitting the campaign. one foot in front of the either, right? i mean, campaigns have been down before and have come back to win. maybe they have not been down quite this far and come back to win,...
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airport security is much better between the bush and obama administrations. we have thank wart over 40 attacks. on the other hand, there are areas where we are safe. we haven't done as much about port security, allowing iran to become a nuclear power that concerns me greatly, not just because they might attack with missiles, but because they are the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world and it would be very easy for them if they were a nuclear power to hand that material off to terrorists, have them ignite dirty bombs and then just lie about it. so, there are areas in which we are safer, areas in which i think it is much more dangerous. >> in other words, mr. mayor this is mandy drury. you were saying no matter what we do, what precautions we take and how much money we spend, we are never 100 completely safe from a possible terror attack in the future? >> nope. well, that's always true, that's not what i'm saying. i'm saying there is a definable e e existential threat in iran. if we don't take this really seriously, we could make the same mistake be
airport security is much better between the bush and obama administrations. we have thank wart over 40 attacks. on the other hand, there are areas where we are safe. we haven't done as much about port security, allowing iran to become a nuclear power that concerns me greatly, not just because they might attack with missiles, but because they are the biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world and it would be very easy for them if they were a nuclear power to hand that material off to...
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they are being put out there by those who want president obama to succeed. folks in government or those who benefit from president obama and his overregulation of things. the fact is it's not a machiavelli. they live inside the beltway. you know how people are influenced in the ways by which they live. i grew up in washington and what they really believe, first of all, housing -- [talking over each other] [talking over each other] >> well, i think the president did get a little bit of a bounce, but i think it is overseer and saying that the bottom line, whether pollsters or reporters, due mostly live inside this fantasy world of the beltway where property prices have held their own and everybody has a job and everything -- everything that the president sees me doing is working inside the beltway. but they don't get outside the beltway often upgrade they don't talk to small businesses often enough. they don't talk to us about these regulations before they implement. they really think that implementing regulations means that it will have an effect. for example
they are being put out there by those who want president obama to succeed. folks in government or those who benefit from president obama and his overregulation of things. the fact is it's not a machiavelli. they live inside the beltway. you know how people are influenced in the ways by which they live. i grew up in washington and what they really believe, first of all, housing -- [talking over each other] [talking over each other] >> well, i think the president did get a little bit of a...
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president obama. [cheers] [cheers] [talking over each other] >> i think the president is going to outline in this speech when he wants to do in the next four years. neil: he has had four years to prove the point. >> no, but i think he needs a second term to realize. neil: we haven't got a lot for of reporters. >> the american people like him. the american people trust him. the american people -- neil: a lot of people like me but they wouldn't want me running the country. what i'm saying is -- his electability thing overdone? he is a likable and commanding figure. a decent father, a very good human being. the republicans say he's a fake and economic putting. >> this convention and what this president wants to do is bring the country together. he wants to be positive. [talking over each other] neil: well, but why does he have to -- [inaudible] he has to say incomplete when you ask the question if we are better off than four years ago. >> bill richardson says we are a lot better off than we were four yea
president obama. [cheers] [cheers] [talking over each other] >> i think the president is going to outline in this speech when he wants to do in the next four years. neil: he has had four years to prove the point. >> no, but i think he needs a second term to realize. neil: we haven't got a lot for of reporters. >> the american people like him. the american people trust him. the american people -- neil: a lot of people like me but they wouldn't want me running the country. what...
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president obama in ohio today, in virginia tomorrow. this is focusing on the nuts and bolts of campaigning, winni those swing states and worrying abouforeign policy for a l . ha youery much. >> thank you. >>> that does it for us. my colleague thomas roberts has a look at what's next. hi, thomas. >> hi. hi, everybody. we are following thewing state scramble. polls show theresident with a th come paining hard there one week before early voting begins there. >>> plus, egypt's new president makes the debut speech before the united nations as iran's president ahmadinejad delivers his final speech. former s dtmicl joe rubin will join me live. >>> and developing news on the nfl. that r ef lockout, there are reports now that aeal cod be very near but has the damage done to the nfl's repution? it's ourn"newnati" gu it's ourn"newnati" gu chec finding bayer advanced was huge. i was really surprised by how well it worked. and i'd definitely use it again. put bar advanced aspirin to the test for yourself at fastreliefchallenge.com. wthe future of ou
president obama in ohio today, in virginia tomorrow. this is focusing on the nuts and bolts of campaigning, winni those swing states and worrying abouforeign policy for a l . ha youery much. >> thank you. >>> that does it for us. my colleague thomas roberts has a look at what's next. hi, thomas. >> hi. hi, everybody. we are following thewing state scramble. polls show theresident with a th come paining hard there one week before early voting begins there. >>> plus,...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. will write the nfl pages for the history e different coupl reasons. the firstst is night opening season for the first time in more years. offnew york giants square the cowboys. it will be replaced and referees making the call. the referee union broke down. expect replacement all day on sunday. includes the redskins kickoff. football fans are ready to their favorite teams like the redskins. more sports fans are seriously injuring their vocal cords by .heering significant damage can occur with just one yelled. >> we can produce a hemorrhage goes away or a polyp that be permanent unless you a surgeon removed. if you have hoarseness the hours or longer, at the could be a problem. if you want to tear your team, up your vocal cords. if you want to tear your team, want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! now we need a little bit more... a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions bec
president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. will write the nfl pages for the history e different coupl reasons. the firstst is night opening season for the first time in more years. offnew york giants square the cowboys. it will be replaced and referees making the call. the referee union broke down. expect replacement all day on sunday. includes the redskins kickoff. football fans are ready to their favorite teams like the redskins. more sports fans are seriously injuring...
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call obama. explain it? call clinton." what do you think of how he delivered that message last night? >> it is interesting that the role of the vice president is always on the night of to do a step-by-step takedown of the nominee from the other party. as you said, bill clinton did that over the course of 48 minutes last night. sort of stole the role of joe biden. it will be interesting to see what he does. there has been a thread throughout this, though. michelle obama came out the first night and talked about why she and her husband have lived the american dream. we are you. we don't just feel you. we are you. bill clinton talked about why the other side cannot provide the american dream. now i think president obama will come out tonight and explain why he's the better man to get people to that dream. >> luke, i thought it was interesting last night. the number one word i heard, after the word "i," was bill clinton constantly saying "cooperation." it's a powerful argument because he's talking about an america where we all
call obama. explain it? call clinton." what do you think of how he delivered that message last night? >> it is interesting that the role of the vice president is always on the night of to do a step-by-step takedown of the nominee from the other party. as you said, bill clinton did that over the course of 48 minutes last night. sort of stole the role of joe biden. it will be interesting to see what he does. there has been a thread throughout this, though. michelle obama came out the...
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i have gotten to know president obama. one of the first things he did after he got sworn in was come to florida and it was right when our economy was going off a cliff and it started the september before in '08. he came here in february of '09 and was talking about the recovery act and help our teach evers and firefighters and people that really needed help and as governor i could see this coming. i saw the hole we had in our budget and he was here trying to get this pass sod that it would help not only florida but all of our states and it did help our state and then two years later we had this enormous spill in the gulf of mexico, the bp spill. yet again the president comes down to help florida. he didn't see a red state or blue state or then a republican governor, he saw people who needed help and came down and his administration. i mean the vice president was here secretary of homeland security. he was here. >> geraldo: i'm up against a hard break. love to carolyn and you. thanks is for coming on tonight. i enjoyed seei
i have gotten to know president obama. one of the first things he did after he got sworn in was come to florida and it was right when our economy was going off a cliff and it started the september before in '08. he came here in february of '09 and was talking about the recovery act and help our teach evers and firefighters and people that really needed help and as governor i could see this coming. i saw the hole we had in our budget and he was here trying to get this pass sod that it would help...
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how quickly people are dead get about obama's remarks about trivial things like missile defense. fred said that mitt romney has nothing to apologize for. he had a magnificent display of character. thank you for being with us, good night from new york. neil: this just in. worse than we thought. you remember the health care mandate, the one that the supreme court said was okay? well, this is the one that says you either have health insurance by year 2016 or you will have to pay a penalty. the cbo is estimating that at least 6 million americans will have to pay that, as he. not the 4 million they were estimating as recently as yesterday. this is a number that reflects what people are going to do by the year 2016. we are in 2012. it is getting worse. this mandate is getting pricier. the former director douglas holtz eakin. that is a big shopper and an added expense to something that needs to seem to be adding is it as a big surprise. >> cbl is up 50%. looking inside that increase, source number one is a bad economy, which the cbo projects. that means a lot of people out there. the af
how quickly people are dead get about obama's remarks about trivial things like missile defense. fred said that mitt romney has nothing to apologize for. he had a magnificent display of character. thank you for being with us, good night from new york. neil: this just in. worse than we thought. you remember the health care mandate, the one that the supreme court said was okay? well, this is the one that says you either have health insurance by year 2016 or you will have to pay a penalty. the cbo...
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let's start with -- i love the idea of obama being obama. as you put it, the idea that the transparency, he was going to open this government up. something quite different as happened. >> oh, absolutely. i think the classic is the obamacare. far from being presented to the public for several days and the internet as he said he would was rushed through congress so fast admitted they had not had time to read it. they pass it and let it go. it's one of many great contrast between what he said he was going to do and what he actually did. lou: now there is, at least in the offing, the prospect of obama, should he win a second term. how reliable is this man in doing what he says he's going to do in your juden >> i think you would have a better batting average if you took the opposite of what he said as what he was going to do. what is scary is if he is reelected he will probably have at least one and probably a couple supreme court nominations to make. end as he has said it is off the record comments of the russian president, he will no longer hav
let's start with -- i love the idea of obama being obama. as you put it, the idea that the transparency, he was going to open this government up. something quite different as happened. >> oh, absolutely. i think the classic is the obamacare. far from being presented to the public for several days and the internet as he said he would was rushed through congress so fast admitted they had not had time to read it. they pass it and let it go. it's one of many great contrast between what he...
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obama care's the one that raided $716 billion out of medicare and put it into obama care -- >> do you think medicare's going to be the most debated issue among house candidates, that if we do a survey, do we think that will be the giant issue in house -- >> i don't think so. no, it is economy and jobs. that's the issue americans care about but we're more than happy to have the medicare debate. they're howling about it on the democrat side because we've drawn it back to a tie as an issue. they're not getting any traction. in fact, the kind of ads they've run, political fact check has called the biggest lie of the year. so they don't have credibility on this issue. the independent folks that look at ads say look at charlie wilson out there in ohio. they've had to take that ad down because it is not truthful. and so we want to tell the truth to american people that the only people that put a tax on the middle class, obama care. that, according to the congressional budget office, is a big tax on middle class and it's $716 billion that the democrats took out of medicare and spent on obama
obama care's the one that raided $716 billion out of medicare and put it into obama care -- >> do you think medicare's going to be the most debated issue among house candidates, that if we do a survey, do we think that will be the giant issue in house -- >> i don't think so. no, it is economy and jobs. that's the issue americans care about but we're more than happy to have the medicare debate. they're howling about it on the democrat side because we've drawn it back to a tie as an...
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on the other hand it turns out that voters like barack obama. swing state voters like barack obama. they may have questions about the economy, but it really is turning out to be a surprise election because i think that the base and more than the base, is anxious to turn out for barack obama. >> there is sort of a hidden truth beneath this conspiracy talk and that is that most polls are prediction about who will turn out. and a lot of the models predict that obama coalition that turned out last time that tilted in some ways more democratic and in some ways more young, will turn out again. that's based on data itself and it interesting a lot of independent pollsters have come to that conclusion. is there any point hidden in here or just really a bankrupt talking point? >> it's not a prediction. they're asking people are you going to vote and they're saying yes. are you a republican or democrat, that shifts around based on how people are feeling and vote for. but i think one of the things you're seeing in these polls and this story about polling is what you guys said before about havin
on the other hand it turns out that voters like barack obama. swing state voters like barack obama. they may have questions about the economy, but it really is turning out to be a surprise election because i think that the base and more than the base, is anxious to turn out for barack obama. >> there is sort of a hidden truth beneath this conspiracy talk and that is that most polls are prediction about who will turn out. and a lot of the models predict that obama coalition that turned out...
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president obama made his case for another four years last night. but was his pitch full of fact or fiction? we're firing up the fact checker again. >>> and the ceo of ryanair calls passengers stupid idiots. this is coming from a man who, by the way, wanted to charge a bathroom fee and a standing fee. what do you think of him? people tweeted in and you can still tweet us. we'll reveal your answers later on in the show. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. >>> ode to politics now and president obama hitting the campaign trail today after his big speech at the dnc last night. rallying support
president obama made his case for another four years last night. but was his pitch full of fact or fiction? we're firing up the fact checker again. >>> and the ceo of ryanair calls passengers stupid idiots. this is coming from a man who, by the way, wanted to charge a bathroom fee and a standing fee. what do you think of him? people tweeted in and you can still tweet us. we'll reveal your answers later on in the show. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles,...
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obama has a record to run on. it was romney's strategy to put forward to know specifics so he could run against obama's record. that's not working for him. >> yeah. his record is $6 trillion worth of debt. how is he addressing that in the next four years? >> he does have a budget for that. you might not like the budget for ha. >> the democrats rejected? >> yeah. but -- >> i just want to make sure -- >> the same thing -- >> simpson-bowles. >> you're changing position now and saying he does have one and you don't like it. >> it's all cool with the budget that the democrats rejected. >> no. my point was -- my point was that he has a record. >> does he have specifics? yes. it's a budget. >> what are you saying to me? >> you don't like the specifics. all i was saying he had specifics. you claimed he didn't. he has plenty of specifics. romney's intentional plan was to have no plan. was to have a piece of paper that was full of holes and angels that basically said trust me, i'll tell you about that after you elect me. th
obama has a record to run on. it was romney's strategy to put forward to know specifics so he could run against obama's record. that's not working for him. >> yeah. his record is $6 trillion worth of debt. how is he addressing that in the next four years? >> he does have a budget for that. you might not like the budget for ha. >> the democrats rejected? >> yeah. but -- >> i just want to make sure -- >> the same thing -- >> simpson-bowles. >>...
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president obama hasn't done that. if you walk around into the buildings here in washington where you have economic staff like at the treasury, they're all idle. people say he's this policy wonk, but he never gets that engaged in policy. we've never had a point where the white house has said here ate bill that i've negotiated with paul ryan and the republicans. we've written it up at the treasury and now i'll pass it through congress and no cherry picking, gentlemen. he's never done that. he's delegated the construction to people up on the hill and that hasn't worked because congress is broken. >> i keep bringing up what the economist, a generally conservative publication said about mitt romney's 59-point economic plan. he said it reads like "fifty shades of grey" without the sex. paul ryan has a more detailed economic plan and bob reich and some of our studies indicate that it could end up costing jobs rather than creating the 12 million jobs over four years they think you were party to writing. >> yea. i don't see ho
president obama hasn't done that. if you walk around into the buildings here in washington where you have economic staff like at the treasury, they're all idle. people say he's this policy wonk, but he never gets that engaged in policy. we've never had a point where the white house has said here ate bill that i've negotiated with paul ryan and the republicans. we've written it up at the treasury and now i'll pass it through congress and no cherry picking, gentlemen. he's never done that. he's...
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we know these polls are all conducted by people who want obama reelected, who want the obama agenda. the polls now are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. the polls are an attempt to -- not reflect public opinion but to shape it. yours. i want to depress the heck out of you. >> yes, i know, i've shown you that video before. but we had to show to it yoi you again tonight because as reported here last night, fox news produced a poll yesterday that showed president obama with a five-point lead among likely voters. and we were kind of curious how the romney cheerleaders at fox news were going to greet their own poll. they couldn't possibly accuse the fox news poll of being the rigged creation of pro-obama pollsters who want to suppress the republican vote like rush says. now, as you've seen here tonight, when a news organization has a new poll, that news organization treats that poll as a big deal for a couple of reasons. the biggest reason is it is news. and it is treated as news by every news organization. we treat cnn polls as news. we report on abc news polls, cbs n
we know these polls are all conducted by people who want obama reelected, who want the obama agenda. the polls now are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. the polls are an attempt to -- not reflect public opinion but to shape it. yours. i want to depress the heck out of you. >> yes, i know, i've shown you that video before. but we had to show to it yoi you again tonight because as reported here last night, fox news produced a poll yesterday that showed president obama...